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20 Dollars Barclay's Bank
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1926 |
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| Currency | British West Indies Dollar (1822-1965) |
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| Obverse description | Black on yellow underprint. The supported Royal Arms appear as a central vignette, with the bank's full title and promise-to-pay legend in letterpress across the face. This is a paste-up proof prepared for a Saint Lucia branch issue, with the manuscript or printed slip reading 'ISSUED AT ST. LUCIA BRANCH' physically affixed over the Port of Spain, Trinidad head-office text, indicating a proposed branch adaptation of the standard Trinidad note. |
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| Obverse lettering | BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION, COLONIAL AND OVERSEAS) FORMERLY THE COLONIAL BANK PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE ISSUED AT ST. LUCIA BRANCH PORT OF SPAIN TRINIDAD |
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Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) was itself only formed in 1925, the result of an amalgamation that brought together Colonial Bank, the Anglo-Egyptian Bank, and the National Bank of South Africa under the Barclays umbrella. This $20 note, issued just one year after that consolidation, belongs to one of the earliest series produced under the new combined entity — the ink barely dry on the merger before Bradbury Wilkinson had plates in production.
The denomination is a notable one. A $20 face value in 1926 represented serious purchasing power in most of the territories where DCO operated, suggesting this note was intended for commercial and inter-bank transactions rather than everyday retail use.